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But he had felt compelled to rein in having "a good rant on Facebook" and had felt "like a right chump" having to edit his own Wikipedia page to remove another false rumour - that he had once been a police cadet, the Guardian reported.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's baby is due on June 17 and Gayford said he had received plenty of parenting advice, including from former US president Barack Obama during his visit to New Zealand (his advice was: don't panic, it's okay to make mistakes).

Ardern plans to return to work after a six-week break, leaving Gayford literally holding the baby and learning how to function on little sleep.

"I'm hoping my years of DJing will pay off," he joked.

The couple have yet to reveal the baby's gender and Gayford said he had started thinking about the little person on the way.

"With each trip to your scans, where you see a little face developing, you start to think about all the projections you have on them as a person," he told the Guardian.